Joe Berko, Don Peebles, Cagri Kanver, and Anna Zarro

REDinNYC packed the house with over 600 real estate professionals, at the top downtown NY night life spot Up & Down, to hear the legendary Don Peebles and Extell’s Senior Vice President Anna Zarro, deliver captivating insights into the current market and their successful careers in New York real estate and their national platforms as well.

Don Peebles has built a much admired portfolio valued at over $ 5 billion from Washington, D.C to New York City. The 6 million square feet is growing with the founder and chairman of Peebles Corporation is setting his sights on new acquisitions and opportunities, ranging from modest beginnings in Washington DC to a career of development and now a bit of politics as well. His best-selling books provide many with the path to success in real estate.

Anna Zarro, through her hard work and dedication, is leading the Extell residential sales and leasing effort. Anna is Senior Vice President at Extell which is clearly recognized as one of New York City’s most active developers and since its founding in 1989 had developed in excess of 20 million square feet of exceptional properties.

Moderated by Joe Berko, founder and president of Berko Associates, the evening’s prime sponsor was RealConnex founded by Roy Abrams. Real estate notables in the audience included: Michael Shah of Delshah Capital, Gaurav Khanna of Vornado, Michael Moinian of Moinan Group, Tracy Tang of Hongkun USA, Jeffrey Forster of Time Equities, Meir Babaev of AB Capstone, Stav Stern of Stonehenge, Sheng Zeng of TZ Development, and Craig Nassi of BCN Development.

The next REDinNYC event will take place at the Dream Hotel PHD ( 355 W 16th St, New York, NY 10011) on March 1st and feature residential and special guest TV superstar Ryan Serhant and David Amirian CEO of the Amirian Group. For tickets please go to www.redinnyc.com.